Herbert M. Singer Annual Conference
Autism in Israel: Time for Policy Change?

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The Taub Center Initiative on Early Childhood Development and Inequality is tasked with examining the effects of the young child’s environment on future achievements and disseminating the latest research on this subject. Click here to visit the initiative’s page on the Taub Center website, which features up-to-date research reports, literature surveys, and position and policy papers.

Opening Session: Autism from Local and International Perspectives

Opening Remarks: Prof. Avi Weiss, President, Taub Center

Dr. Sarit Silverman: The Education System and Autism

Dr. Michal Ilan – Effectiveness of preschool education for autistic children

Dr. Naama Yosha Orpaz in a Conversation with Tamir Gabai

Policy Responses to Rising Autism Diagnoses in Childhood – Dr. Christopher Prinz

First Session: Challenges of Needs Assessment and Provision of Health Responses

Chair: Prof. Nadav Davidovich, Health Policy Program Chair, Taub Center
Prof. Gal Meiri, Director, Child and Adolescence Psychiatry Unit at Soroka Medical Center
Adv. Rotem Aizik, Advocacy and Government Relations Department, ALUT
Dr. Meir Sadaka, Head of INSPIRE Child Development Center

Second Session: The Education System and Autism – Between Integration and Inclusion

Chair: Dr. Sarit Silverman,Senior Researcher, Taub Center
Ayelet Schnur, National Autism Instructor At the Senior Division for Special Education, Ministry of Education
Nechama Faber Ben-Pazi, Clinical Psychologist
Haya Yaish Azrad, Director, Matya Ran
Avi Mimran, Founder of MESUGALIM, Non Profit Organization for Parents of Children on the Autism Spectrum

Closing Remarks: Nir Kaidar, Director General, Taub Center